Chapter 1299 - 1399: Crisis of the Acid

Regarding this wall creature, at this moment, Taichu Zhenren was no longer so concerned.

After all, according to Taichu Zhenren's feeling, this wall creature, like a mantis without pincers, had lost its primary attack means, and could only bark ineffectively in front of Taichu Zhenren.

Of course, at least to Taichu Zhenren, this wall creature was just barking ineffectively. After all, considering the condition of this wall creature, without its primary attack means, it could only use those common attack methods of wall creatures, which meant exhaling some Demonic Qi and Evil Qi and other negative auras.

Apart from these, this wall creature had no other attack means. After all, a mantis's attack means rely on those pincers. If the pincers were gone, it would only await being swallowed by other wall creatures.

Of course, Taichu Zhenren wouldn't devour it but would keep it as a live target. After all, such a natural live target is a rare good thing that can raise everyone's confidence and allow them to use techniques without restraint.

Sometimes having a live target is much better than sparring.

With sparring, you have to hold back. If you accidentally hurt your opponent, others might not spar with you anymore because one person doesn't hold back while the other does in normal sparring, so no one will continue to spar with someone who doesn't hold back; it'd leave you out of play.

Moreover, the essence of sparring is to enhance one's strength and verify one's ideas. If you verify your ideas without holding back, it betrays the spirit of sparring, which means stopping at the right point.

At this moment, this mantis-like wall creature didn't care whether its pincers were still there; it just wanted to rush towards Taichu Zhenren recklessly, even using its teeth to bite him.

Taichu Zhenren, seeing this mantis-like wall creature trying to bite him, slapped his forehead in his mind, realizing he forgot that once the pincers were dealt with, there were still the teeth to handle. What if this mantis-like wall creature bit and injured their promising disciples?

And now, this mantis-like wall creature had rushed to Taichu Zhenren with its fastest speed, and upon seeing Taichu Zhenren unmoved, its eyes showed a gleam of joy.

The mantis-like wall creature then, with a speed as fast as lightning, ferociously used its mouth to bite Taichu Zhenren's arm—not because it was uninterested in other parts, but because Taichu Zhenren's arm was closer, so it chose to bite the nearest target, as a straight line between two points is the shortest, biting the nearest part, using the least time, fearing Taichu Zhenren might dodge.

The mantis-like wall creature, relying not only on instinct but also on its speed, bit the nearest place to Taichu Zhenren, thinking to itself: "You can't dodge now, given the close distance and my speed."

However fast this mantis-like wall creature was, it was still within Taichu Zhenren's expectations, as he could completely match the creature's speed.

Not only could Taichu Zhenren's eyes follow its speed, but his actions could also keep up, and although this wall creature was incredibly fast, before Taichu Zhenren, it wasn't that fast, as he could completely keep up.

At this moment, Taichu Zhenren slightly shifted and dodged the attack of the mantis-like creature, instinctively drawing the Xiaoyao Sword and stabbing it towards the creature's mouth.

Then Taichu Zhenren heard a loud screech and noticed that the mantis-like creature was missing a part of its mouth pincers.

At this point, this mantis-like wall creature was wailing, spraying acid from its mouth in all directions.

Seeing this, Taichu Zhenren quickly dodged to the side, as although he wasn't bitten, if this mantis-like wall creature's acid sprayed on him, it would be embarrassing.

Moreover, Taichu Zhenren saw that when the acid landed on the ground, it made a loud corrosive noise, quickly forming a fist-sized pit.

Upon seeing the large corrosive pits, he knew the creature's acid was not something to be trifled with, as with Taichu Zhenren's current physical condition, he couldn't effectively withstand that acid.

If the acid touched Taichu Zhenren, he'd be immediately corroded away.

Seeing this scene, Taichu Zhenren clicked his tongue, surprised by the powerful acid ability of the mantis-like wall creature. If one cut off this creature's mouth, this acid would flow unrestricted, posing a significant danger not only to him but to everyone.

Given the current situation, keeping this mantis-like wall creature as a live target requires utmost caution, or even someone like Taichu Zhenren might fall to its acid spray.

The severe corrosiveness of this acid means that while there are ways to solve the problem, there is no time.

If the acid touches you, it would corrode you to nothing before anyone could react.

Taichu Zhenren was now a bit hesitant, unsure whether to continue using the mantis-like wall creature as a live target.